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The time was 9.15am and everyone that
has been involved in in the Clubs HMS Kent build, and many more
that were not all came down to Mote Park for the first wetting
of the model of HMS Kent. In the pictures below left to
right from the unloading, the build, the lift from land to water
and finally to running on her own propulsion, although a bit
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Gradually the superstructure starts to
go on. It's at his point that I have to admit that I
actually managed to forget to bring the forward gun down to Mote
Park and had to rely on my mum and dad to do a detour via my
home to collect it and bring it down for me. HMS Kent looked good on the water and
preformed remarkably well to everyone's relief. |
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Several very important trials were
conducted and the people that had volunteered to captain and
navigate her got their hands on the controls to see how she
handled. The blue rope seen forward and aft was there as a
safety precaution, they were not needed thankfully. |
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The model was run for two hours with
no issues whatsoever and the electric motors, controls and
batteries all exceeded expectations. This is early days
and longer and more vigorous trails will follow in the coming
months and the crew will gain valuable experience in preparation
for the 11th of July. |
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HMS Kent at 12.45pm came along side
and was stripped of superstructure, ballast and batteries before
being carefully lifted out of the water and split in to two
halves and packed away in her travelling cases. (19th April 2009)
Additional photographs and hopefully a
video will appear shortly from other members of the club, I
cannot wait to see them, so please look back soon.
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Here are some photographs taken by
Richard Gardner, it's nice to see other peoples perspective of
the day and HMS Kent. Pictures from left to right, lift
and launch, maiden voyage, The bridge builder John Adams in the
middle (we are still trying to guess what the gloves are for)
and the last two nice shots of HMS Kent on the water. |
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The following pictures have been
provided by Matt Mock, working from left to right, the two
halves being eased together by Trevor and Peter on the models
construction stand, the next picture show the power plant for
HMS Kent, HMS Kent on one of her runs down the centre of the
lake, A picture of the two five blade propellers and finally
bolting the two halves together. |
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Peter provided the following
photographs showing the netting going on at the rear of
the ship that was made by Trevor, it really looks authentic. (30th
May 2009) |
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